An Alachua County judge threw out Alachua Today’s lawsuit against Mainstreet Daily News late Monday, refusing to grant an emergency injunction to prevent publication of a story.
Mainstreet published the story Saturday. It detailed a Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) investigation into Adam Boukari and a raid on Boukari Law/Alachua Today, based on an FDLE memorandum.
“Plaintiff cites no legal authority that would allow the Court to issue a prior restraint prohibiting the publication of the obliquely referenced document,” Eighth Judicial Circuit Court Judge George Wright wrote in his three-page opinion, noting prior restraint lawsuits carry a presumption of unconstitutionality…